Admissions Information

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE 2018-2019 ENROLLMENT PACKETCLICK HERE to complete the post-lottery application. The application window for the 2018-2019 admissions lottery is now closed. You may still apply for the 2018-2019 school year by completing a post-lottery application. This will place your child on the post-lottery waiting list on a first-come first-served basis. CLICK HERE to complete the post-lottery application. If your child is already enrolled at SCA or if you completed an application for the lottery, please do not complete the post-lottery application.

Admission & Lottery Procedures

Priority for enrollment will be given in accordance with the approved charter petition:1. Currently enrolled scholars2. Siblings of currently enrolled scholars. A sibling is considered any child who shares a legal parent or guardian with an enrolled scholar and who otherwise meets the requirements for enrollment. Siblings (older or younger) are admitted without going into the lottery provided there is space available.3. Faculty, Staff and Governing Board Member’s children. Children of faculty and staff and governing board members who have served at least one year on the board will receive enrollment priority. 4. All other eligible scholars.To attend Scintilla, scholars must be entering grades Kindergarten through 5th grade at the beginning of the 2018/2019 school year. Kindergarten scholars must be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2018.You and your child must live in Valdosta or Lowndes County.SCA does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, disability, national origin, or socioeconomic status. We want our academy to reflect the diversity of Valdosta and Lowndes County.Scintilla is a free public school. For complete information regarding the school, please visit www.scintillacharteracademy.com.LotteryWhen the school receives registrations that exceeds available openings in a specific grade level, a public lottery shall be held.The lottery process shall be published in advance and articulated prior to commencement of the lottery.The lottery shall be observed and certified by a third party individual.The lottery will be drawn in the following manner: Kindergarten, 1st grade, and so on until all spots are filled. Lottery will be drawn by a third party from the names that were received during the new scholar application window. The third party will confirm that all names are included in the lottery. Currently enrolled scholars will fill all seats first. Once all currently enrolled scholars have been placed, siblings of currently enrolled scholars and scholars of teachers, staff and board members will be selected next to fill the allotted spaces. In the event there are no vacant spaces, siblings of scholars and children of teachers, staff and board members will be placed on a waiting list in the order they were drawn in the lottery. If siblings of scholars or scholars of teachers, staff, and board members do not fill the open spots, other open seats will be filled by conducting a lottery of all non-priority applications that were received by 5:00 pm on the last day of January. All applicants not placed in a class will be put on a wait list in the order they were selected in the lottery.If a child is selected to enroll at SCA, families will receive an email the evening of the lottery with the information and procedure for enrolling and securing their scholar’s spot. If a child is placed on the waiting list, families will receive an email on the evening of the lottery to that effect and may call the school to inquire about placement on the list.

Scholars who are offered the opportunity to enroll will need to complete all enrollment paperwork and provide all required documentation by the date given. Failure to enroll by the date and time provided will forfeit the child’s spot and that spot will be offered to the next scholar on the waiting list. It is imperative that we have updated and accurate contact information on file at all times, so please be sure to call the school if phone numbers and/or email addresses change. Waiting List ProceduresLottery positions and wait list positions will not be secured from year to year. Those offered the opportunity to enroll from the wait list will have three days to complete the enrollment process before the opening will be offered to the next scholar on the wait list.Siblings of new scholars offered enrollment will be given priority upon full completion of the enrollment packet by the designated date. Siblings will be given priority on the wait list in an order that matches where they were drawn in the lottery. It is the responsibility of the wait listed parent or guardian to provide information regarding siblings as well as updated contact information including a phone number and address, and an email if possible.Any scholars who apply after the lottery has taken place will complete a wait list application. Submission to the wait list will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. If a scholar from the post-lottery waiting list is offered enrollment, their sibling will be given priority upon full completion of the enrollment packet by the designated date. Siblings of enrolled scholars will be placed on the waiting list after the siblings of scholars who enrolled during the lottery process. Please be sure to provide an emergency contact person in the event you cannot be reached regarding an opening. Failure to keep updated information throughout the school year resulting in an inability to notify the parent of an opening waives the scholar’s placement on the wait list. A school designee shall contact the next person on the wait list if a slot becomes available. Contact may be made by phone, and if unable to contact via phone, by email if available. Every effort will be made to reach the individual in person, however, if this is not possible, a message will be left on the phone and/or email. The parents/guardians will be given 72 hours to contact the school and make a decision to accept the opening. If contact and/or an effort to provide enrollment paperwork is not made within this time frame, the next scholar on the wait list is extended the offer.If it becomes necessary to pull from the wait list within the week prior to school starting or after school has begun, the first 3 applicants on the wait list will be contacted and the first one to respond (within 24 hours) will be given the opportunity to enroll – so as to speed up enrollment.